Essex & Suffolk Gliding club is proud to support the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance. This year we raised £616.62 as a donation from our very successful Open Weekend in June. We received the Certificate of Recognition (pictured) from our colleagues at the Air Ambulance which is based at Earls Colne Airfield just a few […]

Here is Brad with our new mower. This is slightly different to your average back garden. More than 40 acres of our runway need mowing on a very regular basis. Mind you the mower is also not what you use on the grass next to your house. This is a Ransom mower and its cut […]

Essex and Suffolk Gliding Club collected the DG1001 Club Neo from Lasham on Wednesday afternoon (23rd of August) so that it can be put through two solid days of evaluation as a potential addition to the club fleet. We hope as many members as possible fly it over the two days and give their feedback […]

Essex & Suffolk Gliding Club hosted the last leg of the 2017 Eastern Region Interclub League on the weekend of 19th and 20th of August. Congratulation to the winners who are (left to right): Paul Rice (ESGC) – Pundit, Peter Hibbard (Anglia Gliding Club) – Intermediate, Richard Hayhoe (ESGC) – Novice. These are provisional subject […]

Paul Robinson from ESGC on the Eastern Region ICL: Our club has been competing in the Inter Club League for many years, I did my first in 1984 flying Red Bear. At that time the Cambridge University Gliding Club was entered into the Eastern Region and we flew at Duxford, free entry into the museum!. […]

About ESGC

We are Anglia's Premier Gliding Centre and you are very welcome to visit us.
Keen to attract visitors and new members, we now have a "Fixed Price to Solo Scheme" that takes some of the uncertainty out of the cost of learning to fly.
We also offer "Day Courses" which will give you a whole day's experience for only £150. Alternatively you may like a "Trial Lesson" for only £75 giving you a full 20 minutes soaring, or why not simply try a "Gliding Experience" flight for just £45. More information and booking instructions can be found above.